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Originally Posted by trackercowe
I've got a good one!
Oiler fans show up in droves prior to the season praising the changes they have made in the offseason and say something special is on the horizon. They predict the Oilers will not only contend for a spot in the playoffs, but will be a team everyone will fear come playoff time and have the chance to get far.
The Oilers get off to a hot start in the season and win 7 of their first 10 games, and actually manage to beat the Flames a couple times early in the season. At this point the Oilers will be fulfilling their destiny and will be first in the conference. Oiler fans start signing up at CP in droves causing the board to crash a month into the season. Photon and other Mods combat this by banning 99% of new members on February 14th (St. Valentine's Day Massacre Part II).
Then out of nowhere the Oilers begin to collapse and lose 6 straight games heading into the trade deadline. They fall to the point where they are barely hanging onto a thread in the playoff race. Perhaps coincidentally 99% of all Oiler fans on CP disappear during this stretch causing Captain Crunch among others to question their loyalty.
As April comes around the Oilers continue to slide into obscurity, but TSN and other broadcasters still praise their efforts and state that eventually things will take a turn for the better. In fact on April 1st Ray Ferraro will have an aneurysm during an argument in wish he states Justin Schultz should be considered the front runner for the Calder with his great offensive stats (although his -40 says otherwise). While some believe it was all an April Fools day joke, it causes Ferraro to take a leave of absence from TSN (for shame).
Almost unpredictably the Oilers end up finishing 13th in the standings, but Verve considers that to be a massive improvement as they moved up from where they ended up last season! From 15th to 14th to 13th, they are obviously making considerable improvements.
Finally come lottery time again we see a massive increase in signups at CP as Oiler fans begin to make their usual reappearance for their favorite event of the year. However with the new lottery system implemented the Oilers end up in the 5th spot and end up taking Kevin Lowe's paperboy who had just been awarded paperboy of the month for his hard work. Oiler fans immediately fall in love with the move and once again state that something special is bound to happen for the 2013-14 season!
There's my attempt at fan fiction, but we all have to know by now that in all likelihood there is a very good chance at much of this happening.
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Obviously, VERVE would like to have some of that psilocybin-laced fungus of terrestrial origin...please